TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

[SystemViper]

any decrease in heat is a mojor plus, and combine that with
bclocks over 220 is the bomb, nice!@

So did you visit any tech on you vacation, man a month vacation, that is sweet.
I remember your last vacation, i think i recall you stopped by corsair,,, or was it crucial..

how about this time,,.

 

[Fitseries3]

i went to 2 frys electronics stores, lol. not much excitement there.

this time i drove from KC(home) to phoenix AZ.

on the way back i stopped by san antonio tx to see some old friends and look at houses.

i tried to stay away from computers for a bit but i was sucked in when a person i know gave me a ibook for free after i helped her get a new laptop while i was in phoenix.

the heat in phoenix is CRAZY HOT. 98f at 8am and 105f by 10am. by 3pm its 118f and you can barely stand to be outside anymore.

so 23days, 6400miles, 2 oil changes, $700 in gas, and $1200 in other expenses later im back home.... for now.

 

[mudkip]

when a person i know sucked me for free after i helped her get a new laptop while i was in phoenix.

the heat in phoenix is CRAZY HOT. 98f at 8am and 105f by 10am. by 3pm its 118f and you can barely stand to be outside anymore.

so 23days, 6400miles, 2 oil changes, $700 in gas, and $1200 in other expenses later im back home.... for now.

Wow what an adventure

 

[johnnyfiive]

i went to 2 frys electronics stores, lol. not much excitement there.

this time i drove from KC(home) to phoenix AZ.

on the way back i stopped by san antonio tx to see some old friends and look at houses.

i tried to stay away from computers for a bit but i was sucked in when a person i know gave me a ibook for free after i helped her get a new laptop while i was in phoenix.

the heat in phoenix is CRAZY HOT. 98f at 8am and 105f by 10am. by 3pm its 118f and you can barely stand to be outside anymore.

so 23days, 6400miles, 2 oil changes, $700 in gas, and $1200 in other expenses later im back home.... for now.

Yeah, Phoenix heat is insane, Tucson is cooler by not by too much. It's 12PM right now and its 100F... the high is supposed to be 102F.. wrong. I bet it hits 105F by 3PM. I've been working on cars and the house, didn't really have any free time. I was hoping to meet with you and see what you could do with my i7 setup. Next time fit!

 

[Chicken Patty]

i was gone for about a month on vacation

the new stepping seems to run alot cooler. its performing a good bit better as well.

the asus p6t7 has it already and is ROCKIN out some very nice results. already, 235bclk has been reached without much hassle.

that good news, my 2nd i7 rig is already getting planned out maybe I can get a new mobo and D0 for my main rig and just use my current mobo/cpu for the 2nd i7 rig. Glad to hear about these improvements.

ALso, glad you had some fun in your vacation, time off is priceless dude

 

[mastrdrver]

this time i drove from KC(home) to phoenix AZ.

You from KC or somewhere around the area?

I moved out to Olathe at the end of '89, dad's job. Parents are still living out there, but I'm about 2hrs west in Manhattan.

 

[mudkip]

Underclocking because my room gets too hot.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Underclocking because my room gets too hot.

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underclocking I say is just as fun as overclocking. I did that with my phenom 9850, its awesome These i7's can underclock seriously though.

My C0 can be stable at stock clocks with just 1.108v which is not bad. much higher than you for example, but I didnt try to go any lower neither.

 

[PaulieG]

A heads up for anyone looking for a DO. I may be looking to "down size" a bit, and may be willing to trade the best of 9 chips I've owned for another i7 plus cash...she does 4.51ghz on 1.36v wprime stable. Just a special FYI for the i7 crowd. Keep an eye on the B/D/T section.

 

[mudkip]

underclocking I say is just as fun as overclocking. I did that with my phenom 9850, its awesome These i7's can underclock seriously though.

My C0 can be stable at stock clocks with just 1.108v which is not bad. much higher than you for example, but I didnt try to go any lower neither.

Yeah, but under 120 bclk my computer doesn't want to boot anymore , Was hoping for 2Ghz @ 0.80v or something but that's not going to work. The i7 needs a amount of volts to boot e.g 0.88v , but when you underclock you'll come to a certain point that the voltage isn't enough for the i7 to boot. In my case about 0.84v in BIOS

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah, but under 120 bclk my computer doesn't want to boot anymore , Was hoping for 2Ghz @ 0.80v or something but that's not going to work. The i7 needs a amount of volts to boot e.g 0.88v , but when you underclock you'll come to a certain point that the voltage isn't enough for the i7 to boot. In my case about 0.84v in BIOS

Yeah I get what you mean, but hey 0.84v is great man, nice and cool, power efficient

 

[SystemViper]

A heads up for anyone looking for a DO. I may be looking to "down size" a bit, and may be willing to trade the best of 9 chips I've owned for another i7 plus cash...she does 4.51ghz on 1.36v wprime stable. Just a special FYI for the i7 crowd. Keep an eye on the B/D/T section.

Damn P, you are wak, up and down, kind reminds me of someone

best of luck...

 

[PaulieG]

Damn P, you are wak, up and down, kind reminds me of someone

best of luck...

LOL. Yeah, I wonder who. . I know this has to be some kind of psychological disorder. I'll have to ask my wife, the shrink.

 

[Chicken Patty]

LOL. Yeah, I wonder who. . I know this has to be some kind of psychological disorder. I'll have to ask my wife, the shrink.

 

[PaulieG]

SV and I just have some kind of disorder, which makes us constantly upgrade, sell, then start all over again. I think it's called enthusiastophrenia.

 

[Chicken Patty]

SV and I just have some kind of disorder, which makes us constantly upgrade, sell, then start all over again. I think it's called enthusiatophrenia.

Don't worry guys, I accept you'll for who you are.

 

[SystemViper]

Don't worry guys, I accept you'll for who you are.

So CP how you doing, haven't talked much, been overclocking my
boat engine up on candlewood lake.

hows your summer going~ TALK SOON

 

[Chicken Patty]

So CP how you doing, haven't talked much, been overclocking my
boat engine up on candlewood lake.

hows your summer going~ TALK SOON

i've been good bro, just crunching hard dude. no tweaking with computers or anything. Just working, and the usual. Been sick all last week, but i'm much better now.

So how high you have the FSB on the boat engine?

 

[grunt_408]

Maybe he forgot there was suppose to be a cooler there for that hold down.

I just sold my old 965P system to a guy at work and I should be getting a rebate for my psu back soon. Realizing this yesterday I think I might be able to get a ifx-14 before the end of the month.

How much have your temps dropped under load and what vCore are you running?

I need to fix my pressure inside the case (a llot of dead spots) Once I do that temps will be fine. Idle now is 38-40 degrees. load is 60

Hope nobody minds pics in here

 

[mastrdrver]

What were your temps before and what vcore are you running? I couldn't find it in this thread.

Very nice btw.

 

[grunt_408]

I have been running 1.300voltage core in the bios. temps used to idle around 45-50 so I have knocked idle temps down a bit. It idles around 39 degrees c ATM.

 

[Jakethesnake011]

I like the case, I have it's bigger brother, excellent setup but I was thinking of building my own tech bench and selling my case the heat build up is too hot for when I want to benchmark.

 

[grunt_408]

I have considered this 4 a while too. It would have to have a cover to keep wandering fingers away though. I am pretty handy with a welder too hmm.

 

[Chicken Patty]

torture rack is a great bench table if you are looking to buy one thats done already. But you can make your own. I believe Mountain Mods sells mobo trays. You can get one of those and just make your own custom little bench table. elevate the mobo tray and do like a bottom compartment for PSU and drives

 

[t_ski]

This is mine:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=66317